Danillo Villefort added to Shark Fights 13, faces Joey Villasenor

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned from sources close to the American Top Team Fighter that he has verbally agreed to replace an injured McFedries on just one-week’s notice and fight Joey Villasenor (27-7) on the main card of Shark Fights 13.

Villefort is perhaps best known for his two-fight stint under the Zuffa banner. “Indio” earned a TKO win over Mike Campbell at WEC 38 in January 2009, but he dropped a UFC 101 contest to Jesse Lennox via third-round doctor’s stoppage.

The 27-year-old has fought mostly as a welterweight in his five-year career, but he’ll move up to 185 pounds for this short-notice fight. Villefort has put together back-to-back wins since his release from the UFC, and he also owns career victories over UFC veteran Mike Massenzio and “The Ultimate Fighter 11″ contestant Clayton McKinney.

Villasenor, meanwhile, fights for another big promotion following stints with King of the Cage, PRIDE, EliteXC and his current home, Strikeforce. Recently, he snapped a four-fight win streak (the second-longest of his career) with a unanimous-decision loss to Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza at “Strikeforce St. Louis: Heavy Artillery.”

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